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The low-to-moderate resolution of linkage analysis in complex traits has underscored the need to identify disease phenotypes with presumed genetic homogeneity. Bipolar disorder (BP) accompanied by psychosis (psychotic BP) may be one such phenotype. We previously reported a genome-wide screen in a large bipolar pedigree sample. In this follow-up study, we reclassified the disease phenotype based on the presence or absence of psychotic features and subgrouped pedigrees according to familial load of psychosis. Evidence for significant linkage to psychotic BP (genome-wide P<0.05) was obtained on chromosomes 9q31 (lod=3.55) and 8p21 (lod=3.46). Several other sites were supportive of linkage, including 5q33 (lod=1.78), 6q21 (lod=1.81), 8p12 (lod=2.06), 8q24 (lod=2.01), 13q32 (lod=1.96), 15q26 (lod=1.96), 17p12 (lod=2.42), 18q21 (lod=2.4), and 20q13 (lod=1.98). For most loci, the highest lod scores, including those with genome-wide significance (at 9q31 and 8p21), occurred in the subgroup of families with the largest concentration of psychotic individuals (≥3 in a family). Interestingly, all regions but six—5q33, 6q21, 8p21, 8q24, 13q32 and 18q21—appear to be novel; namely, they did not show notable linkage to BP in other genome scans, which did not employ psychosis for disease classification. Also of interest is possible overlap with schizophrenia, another major psychotic disorder: seven of the regions presumed linked in this study—5q, 6q, 8p, 13q, 15q, 17p, and 18q—are also implicated in schizophrenia, as are 2p13 and 10q26, which showed more modest support for linkage. Our results suggest that BP in conjunction with psychosis is a potentially useful phenotype that may: (1) expedite the detection of susceptibility loci for BP and (2) cast light on the genetic relationship between BP and schizophrenia.
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We thank the families for their cooperation and support. This work was supported by NIMH grant awards MH42535, MH43979, and MH00176 (to MB), and by funds from the Columbia Genome Center and the New York State Office of Mental Health.
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Park, N., Juo, S., Cheng, R. et al. Linkage analysis of psychosis in bipolar pedigrees suggests novel putative loci for bipolar disorder and shared susceptibility with schizophrenia. Mol Psychiatry 9, 1091–1099 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.mp.4001541
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